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Hi

It worked !! Thanks alot .

Jimmy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj@get-linux.org>
To: "Jimmy Kimanzi" <jimmy@swiftkenya.com>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Kuser/root account problem


> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:26:24PM +0300 or thereabouts, Jimmy Kimanzi
wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I used the kuser utility in KDE to add a user to the wheel group and it
seems to have deleted the root account and I can't login as root now .
> > Anyone know how I can fix this ?
> > I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 - RELEASE and KDE 3.1.2.
>
> Try <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1>, then login as root. I think kuser probably forgot
to run pwd_mkdb -- lucky for you :-)
>
> If that doesn't work, follow the instructions for a "forgotten root
password"
> ('tis in the FAQ). When you're in single user mode, try `grep root
/etc/master.passwd'.
> If something comes back, type `passwd root' to reset root's password. If
nothing comes back,
> you'll have to add a line for root manually in /etc/master.passwd. Then
run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd.
> Whatever you do, type `exit' or <Ctrl>+D now.
>
> -- Josh
>
> >
> > Jimmy.
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